TEEN HARVEST is a Christian, Bible-centered ministry.    Our small, individualized school ministers to boys mainly between ages 12-17 who want a good home to grow up in. 

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Teen Harvest’s purpose is to provide a home for boys who want to be a part of a real family.  …a place where they can:

• Feel safe
• Have godly parents who love them
• Have brothers to do life with
• Learn how real Christians deal with life’s troubles.
• Be home-schooled and everyone can get good grades.
• Play basket-ball, football, ride bikes, horses, camp, swim, fish and all kinds of boy things.

Boys who are interested may contact us directly or may be referred to Teen Harvest by:

• Neighborhood ministries that have identified boys who need our help.
• Pastors who are working with families in need.
• Kids who have heard of us and feel like we can help them.
• Parents who are looking for options for willing sons. 
• A social worker; however, we accept no regulated state money. 
• Anybody may refer a boy who needs us.

What are you looking for?  Check us out and see if Teen Harvest is the place you want to be!

          I enrolled at Teen Harvest October 17^th 1993 at the age of 15.  I hadn’t been walking with Jesus in the past few years, I was fighting with my parents almost daily, hanging out with the worst kids in school, and was on a path that would have killed me or put me in jail. I spoke with Paul on the phone October 10^th and was quite surprised that he would only allow me to enroll at Teen Harvest if I truly wanted to change and would be willing to subject myself to his authority.  So I think because it was a choice I had to make, I was more open to this life changing move. One week later my pastor, Rick Reynolds, drove me from my home in Kirkland to Ashford which was close to a 3 hour drive.

The very first night I was there Paul and I drove to Eatonville about half an hour away to pick up pizza and calzone supplies that a local Italian restaurant was donating to Teen Harvest. At some point during the day I had mentioned to Paul that I hadn’t brought any bedding or blankets with me. While we were picking up the food, the owner of the restaurant knew that I had just moved in with Paul and Linda and wanted to give me a welcome gift….. And she gave me a quilt!!! Soon to be known as “The Miracle Blanket”! I hadn’t even been at Teen Harvest for 12 hours and experienced God’s divine providence!! This was merely the beginning of the miracles I saw as a student at Teen Harvest. I never felt I was just a student enrolled at a boarding school, but truly a member of their family.

Paul and Linda showed me Christ’s love and they quickly became a second set of parents to me. Through daily, Biblically- based teaching and renewing my walk with Christ, I was able to mend a very strained relationship with my parents and showed my friends how Christ dramatically changed my life.

I stayed at Teen Harvest through my junior year of high school. I felt that God wanted me to return to my high school for my senior year to show my class the transforming power of the Gospel. Most of my classmates didn’t even recognize me and that year I was voted “Most Changed” as a part of “Senior Class Awards”.

 The experiences and lessons I learned at Teen Harvest still resonate with me 15 years later. Paul and Linda’s unwavering faith is what I look back to anytime I have a need that just seems too big and I remember that God always provides for His children in His time. I can’t even begin to name the miracles I witnessed being a part of Teen Harvest.  Paul and Linda truly practice what they preach. I will never forget the memories, life lessons, miracles and friendships I had while at Teen Harvest. I will always feel indebted to them for the sacrifices they made to be able to help a troubled 15 year old kid get his life back on track through the power of Christ’s saving grace.

Thank you and God bless you Paul and Linda!!
-Peter Vanderwerff


                    The Parents of a former student say:

(We) are the Christian parents of  9 children who moved to the Missouri Ozarks in 1999.

 

As a home schooling family, we learned that Southern California was not the place to be raising our family, and God moved us to Southern Missouri. Very shortly after arriving here, we heard about another Christian family that was looking for fellowship in this area. We called and met the Paul Neighbour family. What a blessing they are to our family! Paul is a big man with a big heart who God has directed and gifted toward ministry to boys. My children love Paul and Linda Neighbour and consider them to be somewhat of an Aunt and Uncle.

 

I have enjoyed Bible study with Paul and find that he is a very serious Bible student. As many of you may know , it is hard to find someone who will discuss the hard issues with you through the Bible. Paul is such a man. We have had meals with the Neighbors, held services in their home, and even spent a night there. The Neighbor family is the "real deal". They live their faith and are consistant as a christian family.

 

Just a few months ago, one of our boys became more and more difficult to manage. At one point, it was obvious that he needed something that we couldn't provide him at home. We already had seen the work and the people that Paul and Linda were, and our son already knew and loved them. The decision was an obvious one.  Don't missunderstand.  Allowing someone outside the family to have influence on one of our children was very difficult, and outside our Christian philosophy. After much prayer and many tears, we knew that God was clearly telling us to trust our precious son to the care of Paul and Linda Neighbour.

 

Time proved that we had heard God correctly. The days at TEEN HARVEST MINISTRIES are very structured with plenty of chores and individually tailored schooling. This is exactly what our son needed most. The days there begin and end with prayer and Bible study. Our son is learning to control his emotions. We see the changes in him with each visit. We have no doubt that he will be returning to our family as a very much changed young man when the time is right.

 

I can think of no-one else that we would trust with the training of any of our children. Paul and Linda Neighbour listen to us and carefully see to it that our wishes concerning our son are followed. The kind of Godly love and care that boys get at TEEN HARVEST MINISTRIES very likely can't be found anywhere else outside the family.` If God is leading you to seek help with a boy, we strongly recommend the Paul Neighbour family and TEEN HARVEST MINISTRIES.

A Colleague says:

Dear Paul,

It has been a delight to serve along side of you and Linda in bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to young people.  There is an image that sticks in my mind of these rag tag teenagers following you around your small ranch near Mount Rainer.  It only took a few minutes to know that these teenagers were experiencing the dignity of being unconditionally loved for the first time in their lives.

As director of Tacoma Youth for Christ, it always seemed that when we were pushing out to new areas of ministry you were side by side with us.  You were an integral part of our foster care ministry, our work in Remann Hall to incarcerated youth, our Breaking Free work with the kids once they got out of the juvenile hall and our outreach to kids in the Dyslin Boys’ Ranch facility.

Where ever you served there always seemed to be that one or two kids that were never more than two feet behind you, eating up the love and attention they craved so much.  You and Linda have the ability to turn a project like tearing down an engine to be rebuilt or baking a cherry pie into deep and lasting ministry in hurting kids lives.

Although our paths do not cross since God called you eastward, you remain a faithful partner in ministry.

Blessings,

 

Tim Skrivan

Vice President – Field Services

Youth for Christ/USA

A Clinical Psychologist Says:

Pastor Paul Neighbour:

Teen Harvest Youth Ranch

HC 71 Box 352

Ava, MO 65608

 

Dear Pastor Neighbour:

 

Reason:  My current evaluation of Teen Harvest Ministry.  I am writing this for publication.

 

First of all, Teen Harvest is a Movement.   It is not a program. It is not just another ministry.

 

Evidence:

1. It is Unique

 

2. It is done in Jesus’ name against all odds. It reaches the most DC (difficult clients).  for Example Officer Kevin Owens, forensic investigator for the Beachwood, OH Police Department, said on May 3, 2010, “I would not dare in my right mind, in the natural, to take into my home” one particular foster child that Teen Harvest took in.

That child later turned out to be a successful policeman and a fine Christian young man. It is an “against all odds” youth ministry. As a minister with a PH.D. in Counseling Psychology, with 30 years of counseling and clinical experience, my bench mark is: No secular counselor, psychologist or psychiatrist would ever take on the high risk difficult clients (DC’s) for residential (ministry) that Teen Harvest Youth Ranch does routinely.

 

3. It is done with “such love.” Like me, Pastor Neighbour is Pro GOD not Prozac.. (Neither Pastor Neighbour or myself are against the Rx of Prozac Rx when indicated.)

 

Premise:

 

Pastor Paul Neighbour and wife Linda simply know what they are doing. Pastor Paul and Linda have a tried and proven delivery system. Pastor Paul Knows how to strike the “Right Chord” with rebellious teens to:

   Swing ambivalence and do “Christian Reality Therapy.”

 

Their teens get in touch with reality and Jesus Christ. I have observed that their students learn the hard lesson of owning their own behavior without exception before they graduate.

 

Can a manual be written?

Yes.  Paul’s wife and family are as capable to deliver the same redemptive message to hurting teenagers and their families through Family Reconciliation Retreats.

Therefore, others can study their methods and provide such love in Jesus’ Name. A manual needs to be published. However, it will only work in Jesus’ name.

 

Is the Teen Harvest Ministry “horse driven” or Holy Spirit driven? 

It is definitely Holy Spirit Driven. Their discernment level is high that what the mental status examination of a psychiatrist or psychologist can produce in the way of an ongoing diagnosis.  This is uncanny. It is why Teen Challenge, a similar ministry operates with an 87% efficacy rate compared to the 3% efficacy rate of the (FBN  (Federal Bureau of Narcotics.) I plant to do  on-going efficacy studies at Teen Harvest Youth Ranch.

 

Discernment is only second to “Such Love” in Jesus’ name at Teen Harvest Youth Ranch. It is my opinion that it is 90% of the reason pastor Paul is so effective working with DC students. The brightest student at Teen Harvest youth Ranch con not circumvent God’s plan and the authority invested in Paul and linda et al in God’s plan.

 

Yes, there are horses. one named “Doc” was donated by Susan Drollinger. Susan has done several radio programs in NY with the  writer and specializes in spotting spiritual sociopaths and pedophiles in churches. She has served on two Family Reconciliation retreat panels at Teen Harvest Youth Ranch.

Because the Holy Spirit drives this ministry, Jesus is taken deep into the unconscious mind. Root canals are done in Jesus’ name.

In Pilgrim Theology, Paul does the “deeper plowing” when he preaches and ministers to his students and their parents at Family Reconciliation Retreats.

 

Paul and Linda run on:

1. “Such wisdom” in Jesus’ name

2. “Such love” in Jesus’ name

3. Biblical Discipline

4. Such Hope.

(Paul and the Neighbour family are not geared to give up even on the most DC students and their families. Studies show that the greater the severity of a psychiatric illness the more psychiatrists and psychologists distanciate themselves from their patients. This is not so for Paul and Linda. They literally take their students into their home and live with them.)

5. Obedience to God’s will

6. Pastor Paul is realistic and discerning about strongholds of the enemy. Again, Pastor Paul Neighbour and the staff of Teen harvest Youth Ranch run on discernment.

7. Pastor Paul runs on spiritual authority. Satan must flee in Jesus’ name!

 

In Christ,

 

Rev. Thomas, Devol, PH. D.

 

Pastor Paul also teaches guitar. He is gifted in teaching music. I have observed Pastor Paul give lessons. He definitely knows how to teach his students to strike the “Right Chord.”

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